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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump mounts Rust Belt defense
BY JORDAN FABIAN - 03/24/19 08:00 AM EDT
President Trump is mounting a defense of Rust Belt states that delivered his 2016 victory and will serve as the key to his reelection bid next year.
The president will travel to Michigan next Thursday to stage his first campaign rally since a number of top Democratic contenders jumped into the presidential race, part of what is expected to be an effort to visit battleground states in the months before the general election campaign begins.
Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by just over 10,000 votes in Michigan, becoming the first Republican to win it since 1988 and puncturing the so-called blue wall of states that voted for Democratic nominees in six straight elections, along with victories in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
But Michigan, like some other key states in the upper Midwest, trended towards Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections a sign Trumps path to another four years in the White House may be even narrower in 2020.
Theres no question they are in a better position than they were in 2016, said Brian Reisinger, a Wisconsin-based Republican operative, said of the Democrats. Its a sign that the Republican Party needs to be hitting on all cylinders.
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DonViejo
Mar 2019
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sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)1. Ha ha too late. PA, MI, WI hate Trump. Did you see the 2018 results?
The only reasons Trump won those three states are:
Voter suppression, dark billionaire money, help from Russia, and dems staying home.
Dems turned out in 2018 and they will turn out in 2020. Trumps chances of winning are low.
CDerekGo
(507 posts)2. Rallies
And just for a bit of personal satisfaction, I go online and sign up for two tix to each and every single tRump rally. Just knowing there will be TWO EMPTY SEATS because of me...
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)3. Meh, they always overbook. Those "seats" will be occupied...
CDerekGo
(507 posts)4. Empty Seats
but every Rally I've seen, there's always empty seats. Faux News certainly won't show those empty seats, but CNN and MSNBC will